`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`____________
`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`____________
`APPLE INC.,
`Petitioner,
`v.
`SMARTFLASH LLC,
`Patent Owner.
`____________
`Case CBM2015-00123
`Patent 8,033,458
`____________
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`PATENT OWNER NOTICE INFORMATION
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`Pursuant to Rule 42.8, Patent Owner hereby submits its mandatory notice
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`information. This information is being filed and served within 21 days of service
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`of the Petition.
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`I. NOTICE OF REAL PARTY-IN-INTEREST
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`
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`The real party-in-interest is Smartflash LLC, 100 E. Ferguson, First Place,
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`Suite 406, Tyler, Texas 75702. A Power of Attorney from the real party-in-interest
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`has previously been filed in the patent.
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`II.
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`STATUS OF RELATED PROCEEDINGS
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`Patents claiming priority back to a common series of applications (U.S.
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`Application No. 10/111,716, its PCT application and the GB priority application)
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`are currently the subject of the following CBM Requests:
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`Requester Status
`CBM
`CBM2014-00102 Apple
`CBM Review Instituted
`CBM2014-00103 Apple
`Combined with
`CBM2014-00102
`CBM Review Denied
`CBM Review Denied
`CBM Review Instituted
`Combined with
`CBM2014-00106
`CBM Review Instituted
`Combined with
`CBM2014-00108
`CBM Review Denied
`CBM Review Denied
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`CBM2014-00104 Apple
`CBM2014-00105 Apple
`CBM2014-00106 Apple
`CBM2014-00107 Apple
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`CBM2014-00108 Apple
`CBM2014-00109 Apple
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`CBM2014-00110 Apple
`CBM2014-00111 Apple
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`2
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`Patent No.
`8,118,221
`8,118,221
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`7,334,720
`7,334,720
`8,033,458
`8,033,458
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`8,061,598
`8,061,598
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`8,336,772
`8,336,772
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`
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`Requester Status
`CBM
`CBM2014-00112 Apple
`CBM Review Instituted
`CBM2014-00113 Apple
`Combined with
`CBM2014-00112
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`
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`CBM2014-00190 Samsung CBM Review Instituted
`CBM2014-00192 Samsung CBM Review Instituted
`CBM2014-00193 Samsung CBM Review Instituted
`CBM2014-00194 Samsung CBM Review Instituted
`CBM2014-00196 Samsung CBM Review Denied
`CBM2014-00197 Samsung CBM Review Denied
`CBM2014-00198 Samsung CBM Review Denied
`CBM2014-00199 Samsung CBM Review Instituted
`CBM2014-00200 Samsung CBM Review Denied
`CBM2014-00204 Samsung CBM Review Denied
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`
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`CBM2015-00015 Apple
`CBM Review Instituted
`CBM2015-00016 Apple
`CBM Review Instituted
`CBM2015-00017 Apple
`CBM Review Instituted
`CBM2015-00018 Apple
`CBM Review Instituted
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`CBM2015-00028 Apple
`No Decision
`CBM2015-00029 Apple
`No Decision
`CBM2015-00031 Apple
`No Decision
`CBM2015-00032 Apple
`No Decision
`CBM2015-00033 Apple
`No Decision
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`CBM2015-00059 Samsung No Decision
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`CBM2015-00117 Apple
`No Decision
`CBM2015-00118 Apple
`No Decision
`CBM2015-00119 Apple
`No Decision
`CBM2015-00120 Apple
`No Decision
`CBM2015-00121 Apple
`No Decision
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`
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`CBM2015-00123 Apple
`No Decision
`CBM2015-00124 Apple
`No Decision
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`
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`CBM2015-00125 Google
`No Decision
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`
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`3
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`Patent No.
`7,942,317
`7,942,317
`
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`7,334,720
`8,033,458
`8,061,598
`8,118,221
`7,334,720
`8,033,458
`8,061,598
`8,118,221
`8,336,772
`8,336,772
`
`8,118,221
`8,033,458
`8,061,598
`7,942,317
`
`7,334,720
`7,334,720
`8,336,772
`8,336,772
`8,336,772
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`8,336,772
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`8,118,221
`7,334,720
`8,033,458
`8,061,598
`8,794,516
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`8,033,458
`7,942,317
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`7,334,720
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`Requester Status
`CBM
`CBM2015-00126 Google
`No Decision
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`
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`CBM2015-00127 Apple
`No Decision
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`
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`CBM2015-00129 Google
`No Decision
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`
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`CBM2015-00130 Apple
`No Decision
`CBM2015-00131 Apple
`No Decision
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`
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`CBM2015-00132 Google
`No Decision
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`
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`CBM2015-00133 Apple
`No Decision
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`
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`CBM2015-00143 Google
`No Decision
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`Patent No.
`8,118,221
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`7,334,720
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`7,942,317
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`8,118,221
`8,061,598
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`8,336,772
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`8,336,772
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`8,794,516
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`In addition, patents in that patent family are involved in patent litigation in:
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`1.
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`Case No. 6:13-cv-447, Smartflash LLC and SmartFlash Technologies
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`Limited v. Apple Inc., Robot Entertainment, Inc., Kingsisle Entertainment, Inc.,
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`and Game Circus LLC (in which a jury verdict of infringement and no invalidity
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`was found involving the ’720, ’221, and ’772 patents on February 24, 2015),
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`2.
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`Case No. 6:13-cv-448, Smartflash LLC and SmartFlash Technologies
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`Limited v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Electronics America, Inc.,
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`Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC, HTC Corporation, HTC America,
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`Inc., Exedea, Inc., and Game Circus LLC,
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`3.
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`Case No. 6:14-cv-435, Smartflash LLC and SmartFlash Technologies
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`Limited v. Google, Inc., Gearbox Software LLC, and Bonus XP, Inc., and
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`4
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`4.
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`Case No. 6:15-cv-145, Smartflash LLC, et al. v. Apple Inc., all
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`pending in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (E.D. Tex.).
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`III. NOTIFICATION OF LEAD AND BACKUP COUNSEL
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`Lead counsel:
`Michael R. Casey
`Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey, LLP
`8300 Greensboro Dr, Suite 500
`McLean, VA 22102
`Telephone/Fax: (571)765-7705, (571)765-7200
`Email: mcasey@dbjg.com
`Registration No. 40,294
`Backup counsel:
`Wayne M. Helge
`Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey, LLP
`8300 Greensboro Dr, Suite 500
`McLean, VA 22102
`Telephone/Fax: (571)765-7708, (571)765-7200
`Email:whelge@davidsonberquist.com
`Registration No. 56,905
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`IV. SERVICE INFORMATION
`Michael R. Casey
`Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey, LLP
`8300 Greensboro Dr, Suite 500
`McLean, VA 22102
`Telephone/Fax: (571)765-7705, (571)765-7200
`mcasey@dbjg.com; smartflash-CBM@dbjg.com
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`V.
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`PATENT OWNER PRELIMINARY RESPONSE
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`The Patent Owner reserves the right to file a preliminary response at a later
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` /
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` Michael R. Casey /
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`Michael R. Casey
`Registration No. 40,294
`Davidson Berquist Jackson &
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`Gowdey, LLP
`8300 Greensboro Dr., Suite 500
`McLean, VA 22102
`Telephone: (571) 765-7700
`Fax : (571) 765-7200
`Email: mcasey@dbjg.com
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`time.
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`Dated: May 26, 2015
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that this PATENT OWNER NOTICE
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`INFORMATION was served, by agreement of the parties, by email on May 26,
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`2015, to the following addresses:
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`steven.baughman@ropesgray.com
`ching-lee.fukuda@ropesgray.com
`megan.raymond@ropesgray.com
`ApplePTABService-SmartFlash@ropesgray.com
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` /
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` Michael R. Casey /
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`Michael R. Casey
`Registration No. 40,294
`Davidson Berquist Jackson &
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`Gowdey, LLP
`8300 Greensboro Dr., Suite 500
`McLean, VA 22102
`Telephone: (571) 765-7700
`Fax : (571) 765-7200
`Email: mcasey@dbjg.com
`Attorney for Patent Owner
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`Dated: May 26, 2015
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